(I) Development Target
1. During the course of the 10th "5-year Plan", the average annual growth of building materials industry is 8% to 9%. By 2005, the gross product of building materials industry will reach 40 billion RMB (including the incremental product of new material development), of which the export value will reach 6 billion RMB; establish 10 famous brands of building materials products.
By 2015, the average annual growth of building materials industry is 8%. The gross industry product will reach 86.4 billion RMB, of which the export value will reach 10 billion RMB. Establish 15 famous brands of building materials products.
2. The structure of building materials products will develop towards "high quality, middle or high-class, in series, setting-oriented, product-based, and assembly-enabled".
3. The organization structure of building material enterprises shall meet the requirements of modern enterprise system. Build 3 to 5 cross-region big companies or groups that are market competitive, and are well positioned in both domestic and international trade.
4 Develop the building material market to meet the requirements of Shanghai trade development strategy. Build a set of large-scale integrate building material supermarkets supported by middle-scale and small-scale building material monopolistic shops. Establish the modern building material market system to communicate domestic and international capital flows, commodity flows, technology flows, talent flows and information flows.
（II）Development Orientation
1 Focus on the development of chemical building materials mainly covering the engineering plastic.
During the 10th“5-year Plan”, Shanghai will make a big progress in the promotion of chemical building materials. By the end of 2005, the promotion and application rate of chemical building materials shall meet the targeted requirements (namely, the promotion and application rate of plastic drainage pipe and rain pipe shall reach 90%; the application rate of plastic in-earth water supply pipe with the diameter of 400mm or below shall reach 80%; the application rate of plastic in-earth water supply pipe with the diameter of 600mm or below shall reach 80%; the application rate of building's indoor living water supply pipe (including the composite pipe) shall reach 95%; the promotion and application rate of gas-employed in-land polyethylene pipe shall reach 80%; the promotion and application rate of plastic doors or windows shall reach 60%; the promotion and application rate of new-type waterproof materials shall reach 80%; the promotion and application rate of residential building wall paints shall reach 85%). According to the national development plan and requirement of chemical building materials, the chemical building materials will be more popularly applied, from the 10th "5-year Plan" to 2015, Shanghai will put emphasis on developing, promoting and applying the chemical building materials mainly covering the engineering plastics. New breakthrough shall be made in terms of market exploration, model building, quality persistence, specification, type and scaled production. And the development of other chemical building materials products with high performance and high quality shall be put great attention.
2. Depending on science and technology, accelerate the development of new-type building materials
The development of new-type building materials is a non-stoppable industry. Shanghai Party Committee and Municipal Government are paying much attention to the development of new-type building materials. As the new-type building materials are the main part of high-tech materials, during the course of the 10th "5-year Plan", or even by 2015, Shanghai will focus on developing new metal materials, new organic materials, new inorganic materials and composite materials. With the focused development of the above-mentioned 3 high-tech sectors, Shanghai will strengthen the penetrability and radiant ability of its economic development, facilitate the technical upgrade of relevant industries, promote the technical reconstruction of traditional industries, and boost firmly the economic running quality of Shanghai.
The development of new-type building materials shall depend on science and technology. Science and technology constitute a primary productive force. Pour more investment on the science research, strengthen the R&D of science and technology, continuously increase the scientific content in the new-type building materials, improve the grade of new-type building material products, and focus on high quality and continuous innovation. Furthermore, during the process of development of new-type building materials, 5 requirements shall be met: 1) Multifunction. Above all, the structure shall combine itself with the functions. Namely, materials do not only work in terms of structure, but also the specialized functions. Secondly, the new materials shall provide multiple functions instead of single one. i.e., "intelligent" materials. 2) Less contamination. In order to protect the health and safety of human beings, it's required to reduce the environmental damage and benefit the environment during the course of manufacturing, utilization and discarding of materials. 3) Low energy consumption. Meet the energy-saving requirements in the respects of lowering energy consumption in the manufacturing process or producing the energy-saving products of building materials. 4) Long duration. The material quality is good enough to wear well. 5) Sustainable development. From the view of recycle economy, make full use of city construction castoff and industry flotsam to develop ecotypic building materials. i.e., apply the coal powder, the waste residue from Bao Steel Company, and silt in the Suzhou River to produce new-type building materials.
3. Promote and apply the new-type building materials proactively.
During the course of the 10th "5-year Plan", it's an important task to promote and apply the new-type building materials along with developing the production of new-type building materials. By promoting and applying the new-type building materials from time to time, Shanghai will restrict and eliminate the legacy and out-of-date building materials part by part. The key point is to promote and apply the chemical building materials that mainly cover the engineering plastic and the new-type wall materials that mainly cover small-sized concrete hollow bricks. Meanwhile, close a certain of small- scaled building materials manufacturers in Shanghai that mainly produce clay products. With no resource advantage, these enterprises are of high energy-consumption and bring heavy contamination. Make essential conversion in terms of industry structure and products structure of building material industry, in order to meet the requirements of the economic development and modernization construction in Shanghai.
4. Strengthen the quality supervision to the building materials products.
During the course of cultivating and developing the socialism market economy, it's necessary to strengthen the quality supervision to the building materials products. This is an important measure to keep the market in order, ensure the construction quality and safety, and protect the legal profit of building materials manufacturers. During the course of the 10th "5-year Plan", 1) Strengthen the permission management of main building materials and construction machinery products. Take strict precautions to prevent the unqualified building materials products from entering the market, or flowing into the building construction sites. 2) Establish and complete the quality supervision authorities of city level and district level, and form the quality supervision networks of building material products. 3) Make efforts to establish several agencies to check the quality of building materials, and introduce the competition mechanism to them in order to convert the role of government from direct management to indirect supervision. Gradually establish the quality supervision and long-term effect management mechanism adaptable to the market economy.